Unlawful Demolition Committee
BUILDING INSPECTION COMMISSION (BIC)
Department of Building Inspection (DBI)
NOTICE OF UNLAWFUL DEMOLITION COMMITTEE MEETING
Tuesday, June 19, 2001 at 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 408
AGENDA:
(The BIC will take public comment on every item appearing on the agenda. Members of the public who address the Commission have the discretion on whether or not they wish to identify themselves for the record.)
1. Call to Order and Roll Call.
2. Discussion and possible action concerning list of problems to be solved and goals to achieve as identified by the public and staff to date. To include, but not limited to items listed:
a. From first meeting - a list is attached from the minutes dated April 17, 2001.
b. Additional problems and goals from public and staff.
3. Report from Planning meetings held by neighborhood representatives, design professionals, Laurence Kornfield, and Larry Badiner. [City Planning Zoning Administrator Larry Badiner]
4. Discussion and possible action concerning timeline and agendas for next meetings of Committee.
5. Discussion and possible action concerning proposing to Building Inspection Commission (BIC) to change name of Unlawful Demolition Committee to Alteration Committee.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE DEPARTMENT & COMMISSION STAFF
Commissioner Bobbie Sue Hood Frank Y. Chiu, Director (415) 558-6131
Commissioner Rodrigo Santos Amy Lee, Assistant Director (415) 558-6250
Commissioner Debra Walker Jim Hutchinson, Deputy Director (415) 558-6142
William Wong, Deputy Director (415) 558-6139
Ann Aherne, Secretary (415) 558-6164
CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE REPRESENTATIVE
Judith Boyajian, Deputy City Attorney (415) 554-4636
6. Public Comment: The BIC will take public comment on matters within the Committee’s jurisdiction that are not part of this agenda.
7. Adjournment.
Copies of all documents referred to in the agenda are available for public inspection and copying between the hours of 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the Building Inspection Commission, 1660 Mission Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103 and will be available at the June 19, 2001 meeting. [Ann Aherne, 558-6164]
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UNLAWFUL DEMOLITION COMMITTEE
MEETING OF JUNE 19, 2001
ATTACHMENT FOR ITEM #2
Items identified by the public at previous meetings:
1. Issue relates to both Planning Department and Department of Building Inspection
2. Triggers/Scope for 300’ radius for major alterations, any expansion.
a. Notify neighbors within 300’ radius notice?
b. Increase notice to 300’ for all projects covered under new guidelines;
300’ before and 300’ after notice.
3. Notice documents to be accurate, simple, clear, concise and understandable to the public
a. First page, clear color photographs of existing condition.
b. What is to be demolished or left, and what the end result will be to have separate drawings on same page at same scale..
c. Plans on notice have readable dimensions with scale on all pages to be the same.
d. Post 30" X 30" signs for full time of appeal.
e. Rights to appeal and how to do so.
f. Project sponsors to present notice documents; planner to review and approve.
4. Notice and Permit Documents.
a. Encourage preapplication meetings to ensure proper documentation at the front end of the project.
b. Department of Building Inspection (DBI) to verify existing drawings are accurate
c. Encourage accurate documentation - no surprises after construction begins by requiring full 300’ notice if original documents are found to be inaccurate.
5. Definitions - clarify:
a. Major Remodeling or Major Exterior Alteration
b. Minor Remodeling can be important if the work is being done to an important part of the exterior façade - how to identify for 300’ notice?
c. This Committee’s current work will not include interior remodeling that does not change the outside envelope.
d. Discourage serial permits by requiring clear, separate demolition drawings. Encourage showing all potential work, which might be reconstructed.
e. Develop clear, easy to plan check and easy to enforce definitions which do not depend on percentages, which can be interpreted in different ways.
6. Enforcement - Who does it and what is involved?
a. Reduce the need for enforcement with clear language, easy to enforce and easy for the public to understand.
b. Less staff time will be spent on enforcement if projects are submitted correctly up front.
b. Inspectors will spend less time on enforcement when scope of work covered by the permit is clear up front.
c. Developers should deal with concerns up front.
d. Use renoticing and time for appeals as one type of enforcement.
e. Review current penalties
7. Time is of the essence to revise demolition ordinance because of continuing problems with current code, and ambiguous interpretations.
a. The quicker a solution is found the better.
b. All stakeholders, neighbors, neighborhood groups, tenants, design professionals, and Planning and DBI staff need to work together to develop a clear ordinance.